Jack Kevorkian died. The article seems to imply it was natural.
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2011 5:06:35 am PDT #11080 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Jun 03, 2011 5:12:40 am PDT #11081 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do people still use Kevorkian's methods for suicide? Or was that something that he did personally?
Apparently the hip method of DIY home euthanasia these days is helium and a plastic bag....
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2011 5:13:58 am PDT #11082 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, the seller of the helium/bag kit got arrested, didn't she?
sumi - Jun 03, 2011 5:22:42 am PDT #11083 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Did we know this was brewing?
NYT NEWS ALERT: John Edwards Is Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Campaign Funds Case, the A.P. Reports
tommyrot - Jun 03, 2011 5:22:45 am PDT #11084 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Well, the seller of the helium/bag kit got arrested, didn't she?
Really?
Anyway, I thought some people were just buying their own helium and plastic bags.
Maybe they'll start to restrict sales of helium, so only people who need it for their vocations could buy it. Then when people want to euthanize themselves, a friend or family member will say, "Hey, I know this clown...."
Gudanov - Jun 03, 2011 5:25:54 am PDT #11085 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Man, I'll take a cupcake over a bomb any day.
Everything is all official now, I'm be starting my new job in a bit more than a week. The offer was even better than I was expecting it to be. The commute is longer than I like, but everything about it is great and I wouldn't mind at all moving closer as I really like the area.
tommyrot - Jun 03, 2011 5:26:52 am PDT #11086 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yay Gud!
ION, World's smallest Klein bottle
Awww....
This Klein bottle on Etsy measures just one and a quarter inches tall! I don't know if it's actually the world's smallest, but it's believable and it's totally adorable, AND it comes in its own little gift wrapped package.
Tom Scola - Jun 03, 2011 5:29:48 am PDT #11087 of 30001
hwæt
Did we know this was brewing?
There have been leaks that this was coming for a while now.
Gudanov - Jun 03, 2011 5:30:51 am PDT #11088 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Maybe they'll start to restrict sales of helium,
Isn't the helium supply running a bit low anyhow? I've read that if someone does actually make a cargo airship like I see drawings of every so often, that hydrogen is probably the lifting agent they'd have to use because of helium supplies.
Something interesting I learned in researching my current novel is that the buoyancy of helium is very close to that of hydrogen. I would've guessed that the greater atomic weight would make hydrogen a lot more effective as a lifting agent, but it's not the case.
Sparky1 - Jun 03, 2011 5:32:12 am PDT #11089 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
The John Edwards thing has been in the news quite a bit, with the real question whether they were going to settle or indict. There's a good article explaining it here: [link]
eta: Congratulations, Gud! Where is the job, says the person who visits Overland Park every couple of years?